Or the shoulder, to be more precise, is being removed this week. While I often wore my bump, the result of a bicycle crash a couple of years ago, with athletic pride it is time for it to go. Aesthetically, I could live with it, but it has been making me increasingly more uncomfortable for … Continue reading A Bump in the Road…
Category: musings
Restaurant Smallbany
How many of these folks have served you a meal?I think we can all agree that Albany has way more dining choices these days than were available in years past. In addition to the myriad of ethnic options previously absent from the Capital Region, there are numerous creative American cuisine restaurants, which together provide lots … Continue reading Restaurant Smallbany
Opening Eyes at Open House
Last night I attended Open House at the school where my 2 younger sons recently began the academic year. The evening's event was specifically designed for 5th and 6th grade parents and the experience prompted a flood of thoughts from me. Although Griffin is in 6th grade, he is new to this school at the … Continue reading Opening Eyes at Open House
Things I think about when I’m cleaning…
image from http://www.household-management-101.comWhen I was single, I kept a pretty darn tidy home. Perhaps my neatness was the result of the importance my mother always placed upon cleaning and chores. My brother and I were given numerous responsibilities as small children and, as long as I can remember, my chores included putting my laundry away, … Continue reading Things I think about when I’m cleaning…
Journal Entry – 9/13/01
It has been the most desperately unhappy days I have ever known. When Princess Diana died, it was terribly sad and the world mourned, but that tragedy pales in comparison to the horror we have witnessed. My spiritual home has been violated in a manner so violent to have never before been imagined. For three … Continue reading Journal Entry – 9/13/01
KO’d by Kindergarten Orientation
Coloring the world.This afternoon Quinn and I went to his Kindergarten Orientation at the Albany School of Humanities. Quinn is my youngest child, the one I worked hardest to have and the one whose childhood I've been most ferocious about hanging onto. You'd think that by now, I'd be accustomed to the fact that children … Continue reading KO’d by Kindergarten Orientation
5 Things I hadn’t considered when I decided to have children…
I feel like I'm in a pretty good place with my family. While it would have been interesting to experience parenting a daughter, I'm more than okay with the fact that I have 3 healthy, wanted boys. There are some things, however, that I hadn't anticipated about being a parent. Things like:They would be such … Continue reading 5 Things I hadn’t considered when I decided to have children…
